Author Archives: Mary Thomas

It looks like Belleville's Pop-Up businesses have found a real home, at least for this summer. Monday night, city council approved a plan to move them to West Zwick's Park for 2020. A staff report to ...

Belleville council has a new rule book, a code of conduct, but not before a lengthy debate on the document. The 23-page document had been before council before, a couple of times, but at Monday night'...

The president of the Hastings County Historical Society says a bid to change the name of Belleville's Meyers Pier, because John Meyers once owned slaves, is wrong and misguided. Laura Hatt, who was in...

A bid to expand Belleville's Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic, and boost internet access in area libraries, was made before a provincial government committee sitting in the city on Wednesday. The Standin...

Belleville residents will soon have an opportunity to give a review of just how members of city council are performing. Councillor Bill Sandison brought forward the issue at a recent city council meet...

Quinte West continued its campaign to gain provincial government support regarding high water levels in Lake Ontario, during the Rural Ontario Municipal Association conference in Toronto this week. Ma...

For the first time, Belleville is going to take a close look at the technology sector in the city. The Business Retention and Expansion survey process is getting underway this month. There are about 5...

One of the parks in Belleville's east end will be getting a retrofit this year. Stanley Park will once again feature children's playground equipment. A city staff report indicates 774 people responded...

Fundraising for the Family Services that serves the Greater Napanee and Kingston areas has hit a new record. The final figures just released for the December fundraising shows it hit $77,000. The mone...

It looks like mobile technology, adopted by Belleville police recently, has been successful in helping police deal with people who are mentally ill. It also has led the police to exploring the idea of...